The manager and coaching carousel around the major leagues is having a trickle-down effect on the A’s staff.
Chip Hale is leaving Oakland to become the bench coach for the Nationals under new Washington manager Dave Martinez, a source confirmed to NBCSportsCalifornia.com. It’s the second departure from Bob Melvin’s staff since the A’s announced a finalized group of coaches in mid-October. Bullpen coach Garvin Alston left Oct. 26 to take a promotion as the Minnesota Twins’ new pitching coach.
Hale was on his second stint with the A’s, sandwiched around a two-year run as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ manager.